Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Commonly hailed as one of the most significant cult records in alternative music history—and named the Best Album of the 1990s by Magnet Magazine—In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is a "hallucinatory revelation." Recorded at Pet Sounds Studio in Denver with producer Robert Schneider (of The Apples in Stereo), this 1998 masterwork saw bandleader Jeff Mangum transform themes of history, religion, and the tragic story of Anne Frank into a "cinematic landscape" of sound.

Merging Mangum's "unflinchingly honest" acoustic strumming with "otherworldly wails" from a singing saw, uilleann pipes, and a "triumphantly martial" horn section, the album is a "breathtakingly clear" example of the Elephant 6 collective’s creative peak. This high-quality 180g vinyl pressing from Merge Records ensures that the "rib-rattling distortion" and "hushed, intimate revelations" of Mangum’s voice are preserved with maximum sonic depth.